Peters, Heinrich (1855-1921)
Heinrich Peters: an elder of the Schönsee congregation in the Molotschna Mennonite settlement of South Russia; born in 1855 at Gnadenheim, Molotschna, the sixth of the twelve children of Bernhard Peters (1816-1912), elder of the Margenau-Schönsee congregation and his wife Agatha (Wiens) Peters (1824-1910). In 1879 Peters married Maria Sawatzky; their family consisted of ten children. In 1885 Heinrich Peters was elected minister; in 1903, when the Schönsee congregation became independent, he was ordained its first elder. A great earnestness and devotion to his task characterized his personality and his work. He died in February 1921 during the typhoid epidemic.
| Author(s) | Horst Gerlach |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Gerlach, Horst. "Peters, Heinrich (1855-1921)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Peters,_Heinrich_(1855-1921)&oldid=83829.
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Gerlach, Horst. (1959). Peters, Heinrich (1855-1921). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Peters,_Heinrich_(1855-1921)&oldid=83829.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 153. All rights reserved.
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